# 59 East 21 Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3050630001/59-east-21-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3050630001 · BIN 3116154 · Generated 2026-10-24

## Concern level: high

- 12 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
- 12 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 3 active DOB violation(s)
- 1 eviction executed in the last 3 years

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 52 stabilized units for 2023, of about 53 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 52, 2019: 52, 2020: 52, 2021: 52, 2022: 52, 2023: 52.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1931, 6 floors, 53 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

26 open (class C immediately hazardous: 12, class B hazardous: 12, class A non-hazardous: 2); 895 on record.
12 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.

## DOB building violations

3 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 38 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 23 on record; 0 decided by default; $0 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

143 in the last 12 months; 428 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (139), HEAT/HOT WATER (61), DOOR/WINDOW (48), PAINT/PLASTER (48), WATER LEAK (30).

## Bedbugs

7 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

1 executed in the last 3 years; 2 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

14 cases on record, 0 open, 8 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: 75 E 21 LLC
- Agent: Yida Stern
- HeadOfficer: Yida Stern
- SiteManager: Yida Stern

The same owner is linked to 65 other buildings (Yida Stern at 261 Lenox Road OFFICE).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3050630001/59-east-21-street-brooklyn